1991 Directors Lab
The Directors Lab is held for 3-4 weeks each June at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah. A total of eight projects, the vast majority of which have participated in a previous Screenwriters Lab, are invited to participate. There is no open application for the Directors Lab; rather, applicants to the January Screenwriters Lab program are considered for the June Directors Lab after their projects have been selected for the January Screenwriters Lab.
Over the course of the Directors Lab, the Fellows work with an accomplished group of Creative Advisors and professional production crews, rehearsing, shooting, and editing key scenes from their scripts. Through this intense, hands-on process, the Fellows push the boundaries of their scripts, allowing them to workshop text, collaborate with actors, and find a visual language for their film in an atmosphere where experimentation is encouraged. Surrounded by seasoned professionals, yet removed from the typical pressures of production, Lab Fellows are offered a unique opportunity to see the script “on its feet,” develop skills, and take risks. Directors Lab Fellows also join in the week-long Screenwriters Lab with five additional Screenwriter projects to participate in individualized story sessions under the guidance of established screenwriters.
Credits
| Jon Amiel
Creative Advisor | Alice Arlen
Creative Advisor |
| Henry Bean
Creative Advisor | Kit Carson
Creative Advisor |
| Glenn Close
Creative Advisor | Anne Coates
Creative Advisor |
| Irene Diamond
Creative Advisor | Stanley Donen
Creative Advisor |
| Robert Estrin
Creative Advisor | Terry Gilliam
Creative Advisor |
| Carlin Glynn
Creative Advisor | Stephen Goldblatt
Creative Advisor |
| Anne Goursaud
Creative Advisor | Ulu Grosbard
Creative Advisor |
| Monte Hellman
Creative Advisor | Jeremy Kagan
Creative Advisor |
| Larry Konner
Creative Advisor | Ring Lardner Jr.
Creative Advisor |
| Jim McBride
Creative Advisor | Alan Pakula
Creative Advisor |
| Frank Pierson
Creative Advisor | Sydney Pollack
Creative Advisor |
| Tom Rickman
Creative Advisor | Volker Schloendorff
Creative Advisor |
| Roger L. Simon
Creative Advisor | Jason Bernard
Actor |
| Andre Braugher
Actor | Steve Buscemi
Actor |
| Tate Donovan
Actor | J.E. Freeman
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| Marcia Gay Harden
Actor | Lauren Holly
Actor |
| John Christopher Jones
Actor | Tom Noonan
Actor |
| Don Novello
Actor | Tim Roth
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| Nina Siemaszko
Actor | Tom Sizemore
Actor |
| Lois Smith
Actor | Eric Stoltz
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| J.T. Walsh
Actor | Frank Whaley
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Projects
| Black Picture Show | Bone Daddy |
| Crush | Ments and Cops |
| Nebraska | Reservoir Dogs |
| Souls Without Reason | Twenty Bucks |
| White Ocean |